Complex life on planets orbiting the galaxy's most common stars may be unlikely

In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to ...
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Complex life developed nearly 1 billion years earlier than previously thought, study reveals

Complex life began to develop earlier, and over a longer span of time, than previously believed, a new study has revealed. The research sheds new light on the conditions needed for early organisms to ...
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Complex life emerged nearly a billion years earlier than estimated

The timeline of terrestrial evolution holds surprises. While scientists thought complex life required oxygen, a recent discovery shows it began forming in oceans deprived of this element, nearly a ...
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The vital question : energy, evolution, and the origins of complex life / Nick Lane

A biochemist, building on the pillars of evolutionary theory and drawing on cutting-edge research into the link between energy and genes, argues that the evolution of multicellular life was the result ...